Games and Ideas
Printable board games and game ideas: This is a great website for teachers that need a little extra help being creative. It will work well for all levels of ESL learners. http://www.eslgamesworld.com/
Figurative Language Worksheets
This website contains two printable worksheets on metaphors and similes. The first one gives examples, and asks the students to fill in the blanks. The second one asks the students to locate the figurative language. Be Careful! The third page contains the answers! http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/documents/2338_01.pdf
Slang Worksheets
This website contains five worksheets that will help students with slang. They are asked to fill in a chart. There is a word bank, but the students are asked to try to complete the worksheet without the word bank at first. http://www.skillsworkshop.org/l1lit/l1l2slang.pdf
Figurative Language Game
This website contains a figurative language game. The students have to discover the missing picture by answering questions about figurative language. http://teachers.spart5.k12.sc.us
Personification and Alliteration Power Point
This is a power point presentation that explains personification and alliteration. The presentation breaks each point down, includes examples, a tutorial and activities. http://languagearts.pppst.com/alliteration.html
Irony Lesson Plan
This is a lesson plan that can be found on the Dave’s café website. It gives a very detailed explanation of a lesson plan dealing with irony. The lesson plan includes the use of Alanis Morissette’s song, “Ironic” http://www.eslcafe.com/idea/index.cgi?display:984851447-8915.txt
Idiom Lesson Plan This is a lesson plan done by the Atlanta Puppet School Program. It includes: objectives, keywords, materials needed, as well as the lesson plan. It also includes some great examples of idioms. http://www.atlantapuppet.com/IDIOM-LESSON.htm
Teacher Resources
Language Resources for Teachers
Printable board games and game ideas: This is a great website for teachers that need a little extra help being creative. It will work well for all levels of ESL learners.
http://www.eslgamesworld.com/
This website contains two printable worksheets on metaphors and similes. The first one gives examples, and asks the students to fill in the blanks. The second one asks the students to locate the figurative language. Be Careful! The third page contains the answers!
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/documents/2338_01.pdf
This worksheet will require students to be creative and write their own similes.
http://www.abcteach.com/free/p/poetryprompts_similes.pdf
This website contains five worksheets that will help students with slang. They are asked to fill in a chart. There is a word bank, but the students are asked to try to complete the worksheet without the word bank at first.
http://www.skillsworkshop.org/l1lit/l1l2slang.pdf
This website contains a figurative language game. The students have to discover the missing picture by answering questions about figurative language.
http://teachers.spart5.k12.sc.us
This is a power point presentation that explains personification and alliteration. The presentation breaks each point down, includes examples, a tutorial and activities.
http://languagearts.pppst.com/alliteration.html
This power point presentation explains and defines onomatopoeia. It also uses a comic strip to give examples.> http://teachers.schooldesk.net/content/4/41/2134/my%20files/onomatopoeia%20Review.ppt.
This is a lesson plan that can be found on the Dave’s café website. It gives a very detailed explanation of a lesson plan dealing with irony. The lesson plan includes the use of Alanis Morissette’s song, “Ironic”
http://www.eslcafe.com/idea/index.cgi?display:984851447-8915.txt
This is a lesson plan done by the Atlanta Puppet School Program. It includes: objectives, keywords, materials needed, as well as the lesson plan. It also includes some great examples of idioms.
http://www.atlantapuppet.com/IDIOM-LESSON.htm
This website holds three hundred lesson plans in regards to slang.
http://www.lessonplanet.com/search?media=lesson&keywords=Slang&grade=All+Grades&rating=3